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"JB Big Uohime." A description of all our Men's and Women's Shoes would fill a bigvol <i ume. And no such complete volume 1] was ever issued. Just now we have an especially large stock of new Spring Styles whi ;h are worthy of your inspection. Ladies' and Cents' Shoes, All the Latest Spring Styles, for "SEE OUR WINDOWS." ; —■ ■*- -T« TrcatrOr j .- 1 Mihs for $ |: <*~— Eom Eetfkr. v weeks ago an lowa girl wlose father is a prominent Republican po!l --ticlan of the state, began to bombard the postal department with indignant I letters, In which she accused Uncle Sam ! of willful negligence and carelessness in falling to deliver the letters that her ller-lover promised her he would send I. -i fr >m the Philippines. She was boll- ! Ing with indignation because she had | written twenty-four times to her lover In the Philippines and had received no reply; indeed, she had not heard a word from him since his departure on the j troopship from San Francisco, and was; confident that he had written her legu- ! larly, as he had promised to d>, and that his letters had either been do- ' stroyed ur were lying In #ome corner ■where they had been overlooked, or were loat on the way, or that he had b?en j kille.i by the Filipinos and Gen. O is had neglected to report his death. She d. I npunced the expansion policy of the ad ministration, declared that it was a cruel and wicked war, and demanded that her lover should be sent home at ! ye. >unt of the political prominence < * ,'uurag woman's father, an Inquiry < Was finally made by cable, at the rate ol \ $2.75 a word, of the director of pos's at Manila. His reply has just been re- : ceived. He found the girl's lover with out any difficulty, enjoying good health ati.l an average state of happiness. He i promptly admitted that he had received j « lot of letters from his sweetheart in i lowa—he couldn't remember whether the i exact number was 23 or 24—but they had ! come in bunches by every transport and j had been duly delivered at the camp of his company. He also acknowledged wtih equal candor that he had not an swered any of them because the weather was too hot, and he wasn't much of a writer, anyhow. He liked to receive let i>m hated to answer Lhr'm, and de-| elated that he had told the girl so be fore he left home. Therefore he dd not see why she was making such a fuss about it. He would write her by the n. Xt mail and scold her for making an lI matter of their love affair. From Wednesday morning till Saturday night will be finer than ever this year. We have a choice stock of strong, thrifty, cool-grown plants, which will remain In bloom a long time and bear shipping well. SlHnTiffi pjrSv&vHKHK^IH In Great Profusion. j I I fLi K^^UrjlyH Bl v «^^a^g^P Smilax, Asparagus and HW^JK^A. j§3SB Boxes of Assorted Flowers at r\ » *\ a *jc tractive boxes. Church boxes, KOSeS HI bIOSSOfn at 75C Bffij containing flowers especially . /w\ . £^ adapted to altar and pulpit decor -10 vfc.W CfiCn. atior.s. at prices ranging from $3.00 to $15.00 each. CcmiJeie Prica List Gf AH Planfs snd Cut Fiowars Mailad Frae on App!isat!o§i, @ Bshh IWl^m I wPUJPa Sixth St. Nothing will make a finer gift to a friend than a box of choice Cut Flowers or a beautiful Blooming Plant. Try it and ba convinced. New Charter for the City of St. Paul j — , jj Abstract of the Document Just Completed by the Charter Commission. ( The charter commission has practically completed its labors and the draft of the new charter will be submitted to Mayor Kiefer nut lator than Wednsetlay. Secre tary Carl Taylor and Assistant Secretary W. D. Mitchell bare mad.' a .synopsis of the changes ami features In the new char ter, and this .-yi.opsis will be published in pamphlet form and distributed L> the voters next week. The iollowing U the address to the voters and synopsis, aa prepared by Ihe commission: In the month of November,"lSttJ. acting under the authority of a recent amend ment to the constitution of the State of Minnesota and an act of the legislature passed In pursuance thereof, the district judges of the county of Ramsey ap pointed a board of fifteen citizens of St. Paul as a charter commission to frame and propose to the people of St. Paul a new charter for the government oi the city. It was the duty of the commission to proceed to frame a charter complete in every resp-.t for the uses of the city and to submit the same to the mayor within six months from the time of the appointment of the commission. Tins work has now been completed. I and at the city election on the Ist of. i May following, the proposed charter will be submitted to the voters of St. Paul for their adoption or rejection. If adopt ed it will on June 1. I!HW. supersede; the existing charter of the city. The proposed charter when prtnted will make a book of between 450 and SCO panes, and' on account of its length it is Impracticable to give it general circula tion except in some abbreviated form. 1 It consists for the most part of the pro visions of the charter now in force with ! such changes and additions as to- the i commission has seemed wise and in the Interest of good municipal government. j It is these changes which should be par ; ticularly called to the attention of the i voters, and for this purpose the follow , ing statement has been made, Showing, first, what is a home rule charter, and, md, what changes have been made in the proposed charter from the one now 1 in force. The attention of the voters is directed to the fact that the charter must receive in Its favor four-sevenths of all votes cast at the city election. The same bailot which contains the names of the candidates f&r city offices will present the question whether or not the charter shall be adopted. Any voter who casts a ballot for any city office and neglects to vote upon the charter in effect votes against it, for the reason that he thus adds to the total number of votes cast and thereby makes it more difficult for the charter to secure ■ the required four-sevenths of all votes i cast at the election. WHAT IS HOME RULE? Previous to the ytar 1891 the charters of the larger cities in Minnes )ta. In cluding that of St. Paul, were com posed of special acts of the legislature passed from time to time, as necessity or the whim of the legislature might suggest, with the result that there was no sort of uniformity of city govern ment among the various cities of the state. This power of the legislature to interfere by special acts with the gov ernment of a city, without reference to the needs or desires of the. municipality, was so abused that in 1831 the const.tu tion of the state was amended so as to prohibit the legislature from thereafter passing any local or special law regu ! lat'ng the affairs of any city. This constitutional amendment in ef fect perpetuated as the charters of the various cities the body of special laws , which had been theretofore passed re j lating to each city, many of which were unwise and ill-adapted to the future growth of the cit:es by prohibiting the modification of any existing special law, as well as the pas.-age of new ones. While the amendment checked to a certain extent the evils of special legisla tion, It on the other hand has prevented the securing of such legislation as to the rapidly changing conditions in the : principal cities of the state became a matter of necessity. The utmost limit to which the legisla ture has been able to go since 18j1 in legislating for cities has been to pass a general law for all citi-es of a specified class; as, for Instance, a general law may be passed applicable to the cities of I Duluth, Minneapolis and St. Paul. The needs of these three cities, however, and the charters under which they have been operating are so different that it has been practically impossible to secure the necessary legislation in the form of a general law which will be appropriate THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1900, for one City without being uud >sirabte tor the others. In consequence the leg islative delegation* from St. Paul. Mm- BOapolta anil Du.uth have seldom been able to htm upon legislation aJSecttag the thiee cities. In view of this situation. In I£*7 an amendment was adopted enabling cities to frame their own charters. In a gen eral way it provided that whenever 10 per cent or more of the voters ot any city Hied a petition with the Judges ot the district court asking for the appoint ment of a board Of fifteen citizens, that the judges might thin appoint such a board or commission, whose duty it should be, within six months after its appointment, to return to the mayor of the city a draft of a charter. This char ter was then required to be .submitted to the voters at a general or a special elec tion, and if it received the votes of four s.venths of all those voting at the elec tion it was adopted and superseded the then existing charter of the city. The legislature, as authorized by con stitutional amendment, then passed a law called the enabling act, laying clown the general lines wirhin which such a charter should be framed and fixing- the terms of office of the charter commission. After such a charter is adapted it may be amendeii either by provisions which | are proposed by the charter commission, a permanent body, the members holding office for four years, or by p:ovis:ons which are proposed by the people them selves in a petition signed by at lenst 5 per cent of the voters of the city. The proposed amendments are voted upon at an election in the same manner I as the original charter, but require for j adoption a three-fifths, instead of a i four-sevenths, of all the votes cast at the election. It was thought that this system ot ! framing a charter would avoid the evils { i which fall upon unlimited special legisla- \ ! tion by the legislature, and at the same i j time enable each city, under proper re- I strlctions, to secure that government j which was best adapted to Ha needs. It ! is home rule for cities In the best and I truest sense. i CHANGES FROM PRESENT CHAR TER. With the exceptln of the changes which j are noted" In each of the chapter? fallow ing, the proposed charter is the same as the existing charter: (HVI'TBR 1. NAME. CITY AND WARD BOUNDA -IMKS. No Change. CHAPTER 2. ELECTION 3. TERMS OF OFFICE, VA CANCIES AND REMOVALS. No Change. CHAPTER ». CITY OFFICERS, GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. 1. The power of the city under tha ex isting charter to employ special counsel is restricted to cases where the city at torney cannot act and of special and un usual circumstances, when the council by i a four-fifths vote may authorize such em ployment of apodal counsel. 2. Instead of the common council des ignating arbitrarily some daily paper to act as the official publication of the c-tty, as is done under the existing charter, the council is required to advertise for bids and to let the contract for such printing and publication to the dally paper making the lowest bid. 3. The city treasurer, instead of giving a bond with personal sureties for $500,000 as now provided, shall give a surety com pany band for $200,000. All other officers who are required to give bonds must give surety company bands unless for special reaso'its they are permitted by the oom mon council to give bonds with personal sureties. CHAPTER 4. THE COMMON COUNCIL, ITS GEN ERAL POWKKS AND DUTTES. 1. In the absence of the mayor the president of the common council shall act. as mayor instead of the president of the board of aldermen as now provided. 2. Wherever a. two-thirds or greater vote is required for the common coun cil to pass any measure, a four-fifths voto is required in order to pass the same measure over the veto of the mayor, in stead of a two-thirds vote as now pro vided. 3. Power is given to the council to i ■ purchase and establish poles, wires, pipes, conduits, subways, ami oilier appliances for lighting purpoeaa, the use of which Hi" common council tuny lease to any parson contracting to light the city. This provision Is designoa' to tn;sble small local concerns to compote for city light ing. 4. The council Is deprived of the power it now has of extending lighting districts or to Locate or relocate tamps within such district, The bo.mi ot. public works are given exclusive charge of this matter. 5. The council is glren power to regu late I lie ere.-ti.in of tHfR boardu ami bill boards In clow ptoxiinlty to the street. v. The council is given the right to es tablish and operate under the supervi* ion ot the commissioner of public works nuinklpul quarries and vmrhs for th* manufacture ami Laying of sti'eet paving anil sidewalk materials. This fa designed to enable the cit> to protect Uself from excessive prices resulting trom combina lion-* of the contractors doing this kind or work. v 7. The common council i.s given gtowcr to establish and maintain a, municipal plant for sfcreel sprinkling and cleaning unu lor the collection and disposal oi" garbage and other waste. FRANt'HISKS. 8. The common council, under the ex isting charter, may grant franchises upoti any terms it sees tit, without limit of time or provisions for compensation to the city. The proposed charier imposes the following limitations: (a) No franchise can be granted unless passed by a three-fourths vote of the common council; if vetoed by the mayor it must be passed over his veto by a four-rifths vote. (b) No perpetual franchise may be granted, or any franchise for a longer period than twenty-live years. (c) No exclusive franchise may ever be granted. (d) No ordinance granting a franchise shall be passed by either bjdy of the council until at least ten days after such ordinance shall have been intro duced and framed in the foim in which it finally passed. (c) Every corporation or person exer cising any franchise shall pay to the city annually a sum equal to at least 5 per cent of its gross earnings. (f) No franchise hereotfore granted shall be extended or modified unless the person or corporation holding the same shall agree to pay a gross earnings tax of at least 5 per cent, not only upon the extension or modification, but upon the earnings of the original franchise. (g) No franchise shall be granted un less the corporation receiving the same shall agree to pay at least a gross earn ings fee of 5 per cent. (h) No person or corporation now hold ing a franchise shall be granted any new franchise unless they shall agree to pay at least 5 per cent gross earnings fee on the old as well as upon the new franchise. (i) In order to properly enforce the provisions as to gro-s earnings tax, every person holding any franchise must file annually a sworn statement with the city comptroller, which statement shall give detailed information as to the extent of its earnings, business and property. A failure to comply with this provision for feits the franchise. fj> The council is given power to regu late the maximum price to be charged by any person or corporation exercsins any franchise for the services rendered, but such price shall be fair and reason able. (k> Every franchise granted for street railway purposes shall be subject to the condition that the person holding the franchise shall sprinkle, clean, keep in repair and free fiom snow and pave and re-pave between its tracks and two feet on both sides thereof. (HAITKtI K. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. iiTILK i. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. This title provides additional checks upon the method of doing business in the office of the city comptroller and of the city treasurer, which are designed to render ever more perfect the present ad mirable method of keeping the accounts of the city. TIT Mil a. THE PUBI.TC EXPENDITURES. The limitations of the present charter on expenditures, fixing the maximum amount which may be expended by the city in its various departments and which have resulted in economical man agement of the city affairs and reduction in public indebtedness, have all b-jen retained in this title and some addition al restrictions have been imposed, ex cept in the case of £he public schools, the public library, and the fund for the street and sewer maintenance fund where an increase has b-een authoriieJ. The provision as to the schools and li brary will be found in the chapters le lating to those. (a) The existing charter limits the ex penditures for maintenance of streets, sewers and bridges, to $150,000 annually. The maximum limit upon this lund has been raised to $175,000, for the reason that the collection of garbage and other waste matter, formerly done by con tract and paid for out of the general fund has been placed In charge of the : commissioner of public works (city en- j gineer) to be paid for out of this fund. (b) Under the present charter the-; street sprinkling is paid for by special j assessment. Under the proposed char- j ter special assessments for spiinkilng ; are abolished and the cost of the sprink- j ling 13 to be paid from a fund raised by j in amount to $40,000. (c» The cost of maintaining the park j system under the present charter is paid | out of tlve geneial fund, and there is no ■ limit upon expenditures for this purpose, j The proposed charter provides a special j fund for such purpose, limited to $75,000. ! (d) The limitation upon the fund for j the support of the department of the city | engineer (called commissioner of public i works under the proposed charter) of j $40,000 has been placed at $30,000. m TITLE .'{. PUBLIC REVENUES. The methods by which the city raises its revenue are practically unchanged. TITLE 4. THE PUBLIC FUNDED DEBT. 1. The prohibition of the existing char ter upon the right of the city to issue bonds ate preserved, exf.-pt that bonds may be reissued lor 'the purpose of re funding bonds already ouistanding. 2. Changes are fKage in the manage ment of the sinking fund, which is de voted to paying the public debt, a.* fol luvvs: i f (a) The sinking fur.ii i.s put In charge of a sinking fund committee, c ;n."istng of the mayor, the cnmp'troMor and the city treasurer. i'ot The f-xlstinar charter provides that the common council may Uvy 'axes for the support of this ''funW. Mils source or" revenue Is preserved; m thr- proposer! '•barter, and in addittpZK it is provided that the odds and eaira of the city-^s in come shall be turned Into this fund for the purpose of applying the same to the extinguishment of the p;ib'ic debt. (c> The moneys In the sinking fund shall be Invested in cvrta'.n apeetltd In terest-bearing securities. TITLE r>. TAX LEVY CERTIFICATES. The present system oi issuiug lax levy { CABPETS. CARPETS. CAEPETS. CAEPETS. CARPETS. CO I 1 A Carpel Sale Extraordinary, I § W<p bought the entire Carpet tocic of th« Wholtigig and 2 g Retatt Dry Coo<fr Plrro of J. T. Cooiidge & Co7^rwaterioo7ia^ 0 at a fraction of their origina^cost, and having paid spot cash for this stock are in a positiJii pa tfr &eU carpets at tea prices ftom otter dealers can ]>uv_J:hem for! This is the time you want . carpets, and we will sell at such low prices that it will pay you to anticipate your wants for U years. This' stock consists of fine and select lines of BlincJahr WlltOn Velvets ° Ej Q"jtw WMtojnM^^ Blgelow A LoweH Q Agra ingrains, Projgnjssels^and All-wool Extra Super Ingrains^ CO " We have made up all the half-rolls and short lengths of the above stock into Misfits or Ready-to-Liy Carpets. Bring in the sizes of your rooms.' We can fit them. H O W " - ■"--- L-. ' > I In one and a quarter and one and a half yard lengths. These are £ 5j made up of Bundahr Wilton Velvets, Body Brussels, Axminsters ° and Moquettes. Our special price for Monday, 3 CO fIESW *Hto-;^ y ,•,-. h^-i J wHO^^SqHp Hi I /9sfl ~" I^Bs^"*^^ fijl g*a fifaWjHr^BJTJ^ff^^ j * -CtP *SbV. / fri_ • 9° i all ready to lay in Bundahr Wilton Velvets, Body Brussels, Axminsters and Moquettes, varying in sizes frcm ox 9 feet to 15x15 feet, will be sold for less than original wholesale cost of material. - H ——_ _______________ ° f£j . i ■—■■—■——— ——■ ft g. V g 1 ill 4-4, 6-4, 8-4 sizes, at 1 SC,5 C , 2OC and 25c per square yard. These are > gj worth more than double the price we ask. At the prices we are selling these S j g Carpets, these goods ought not to last three days. Come in early and get* § | first choice. Extra salesman in attendance. ALWAYS AND EVJ remember THAT we never have and never will be undersold in our Furniture Department whatever the other fellows say. All we ask of you is to come in and compare | our prices and goods, and if we are not the lowest we don't want to sell to you. > R —"-'■-"—•" "-' ■IU"- ._. ■ *^i ... P * 400 to 408 Jackson Street, St. Paul. CAR?ETS- CARPETS. CAEPETS. CARPETS. CARPETS. certificates, in anticipation of the col lecting of taxes, by means of which the city derives its income for current ex penses, is preserved in practically the same form, with some slight modifica tions to conform to the provisions of the enabling act. These eertlflcates, instead of being general obligations of the city. are made a specific charge against the taxes subsequently levied, and the city pledges itself to apply the taxes when collected to the redemption of th?s<> cer tificates. These certificates at the pres ent time are largely sold to individuals residing in the city, who have small sums of money to invest. The existing charter provides that they shall bs in denomina tions of $300. In order to place them within the reach of small investors, the proposed charter provides that not ex ceeding one-half of any seriea of certif icates Issued may be issued in denomi nations of $100 each. 'I ITL.K «. CUSTODY OF POBMC MONEYS AND SECURITIES. The existing charter enables the com mon council to designate th*» bank in which city moneys are to be deposited and to approve the bonds given by such | coypoau ji Speck! PboU MsifFgidiitt... c for Saturday, Sunday > and riotulay only. S Bring; this coupon, with $1.50, and ) you will re-ceiv.; a certificate, good > until used, for onr. dozen of my bsst < $5.00 Platino Mant-llos. \ <J» I • WC.BJ/7ariln[l\ < C '7!» '73 Eaa: 3eve"it'« Stri«*. t 3LCCESSOR TO MILLER. banks. The proposed charter provides for a committee on bank deposits, con sisting of the mayor, the comptroller and the city treasurer, trbose du.y it shall be to designate the city depositories and to approve the bonds, : 3iibject to the fol lowing limitations: 1. No bank shall be designated which has reorganized on the basis of an ex tension of time for the payment of its deposits until after aueh deposits have been paid in full. 2. The maximum amount to be depos ited in any bank shall not exceed one third of the amount of its full paid and unimpaired capilal stock and surplus. ;i. The committee may direct the treas urer from lime to time in what banks ho shall make deposits, and in what amount. 1. The banks shall tfive bonds to tfefl city In at least twice the amount of tl:e money authorised to be deposited, with live personal sureties, or with one Burety company. 5. All bonds shall be renewed when re quested by the committee, and In every case once a year. TITLE 7. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. No substantial change. CBAPTEJR O. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. TITLK «. BOARD OF PUBUC WORKS. 1. Under the existing charter the board of public works coas4stt) of four nn ir.i> is The proposed charter reduces the num ber to three, it Is provided thai the present members shall serve oui their re ■pSCtlve terms. The term is lengthened from two to three years, and it i.< ar ranged so ihilt oim member of ■«'■-•*■ '•< shall be appointed In eu< h year. 2. The power.-: of the boats' have curtailed by limiting Iheir duties to tb« RMktftg of local improvements for which assessments are to be made and cci miters connected with ci;v ii-hi ii;.;. The supervision oi jil otter publi' w>itv > }~ vested in the commissioner of pi:!>lie wofktt TITI X i!. CQJtfSUSSIQttCER Of' JTr.I.U' \WDRK* For the purpoibe oi. eeoa<,;n>- at;d clii- if ft--r.iv. tiif offlM and duties of the city tng'n-'.-r and building i ii .-> i -.•».• t <>i- are c w» sotldated into < ne department In charge Of an officer to b t > appointed b mayor, to be known as ().«• commtdstotter of public works, who shill l>i> ■ duly qual ified .-ivii .-iHTino.T. riu- citj engineer urnier Uu> present charter i-^ appointed by tlie board <>!' publi works Some lut portan; adcUHooi an nuHle t<> the duttea of the conunlsaloiier of public * whi.-li att not poiMiatJ |m th« rftj •-ii- Stneer under t!n« proseni charter: 1. The .nt>artmo!u of building Inape «>r ;it th« riost- of tht> l,>rm of the i>i • oncumbcni is merged hi that of the com. missioncr of public works, ; \n,l the >ir..-.» <>f butldlng Innpectcur is abosh • I of the assistant! !■> the couunlsstoner m required to bo an aivMtect. 2. Tte commiastoner of pttbHc wrorka an.t his asslsuuits ar t > .fit of all public work?, without any 813 vi.-ion ox Interference of the boord .if l>ub!ir works, v under the preset ter. Aauonfj; other things, the cofnmt»> £ioner is given supervWon ny sntinkllug and coJHm lion o othor waste. Thla lattei duty is now per (oulliiurd »n ICluli ( «>f>n t h Nge. OH! MAMMA! EGGS. V/e have two carloads of Easter Eggs and ail kir.di of Eastar ' elties. We retail them at whole sale prices The oniy place in town to get Easter Egg.v m YORK CINDY STORE 89 EA T SEVENTH ST. Two -loors s\\) >ye Cotlon Rule.